Vegetable grater



Patented July 14, 1931 UNITED STTS LEONARD c. NorBor-IM,Y orfjnoiun, WISCONSIN VEGETABLE GRATEB Application mea August 7,1929. sensi No. 384,024.

This invention is a Vegetable grater, the same being particularly adapted for the grating of potatoes and like vegetables. This grater utilizes the principle of a serrated or 5 toothed cylinder rotatively mounted within a complementa-ry outer casing, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a combination of such cylinder and casing with the teeth of the cylinder diagonally arranged lo upon the outer surface of the cylinder and so nicely related, fitted and adjusted relative to the inner surface of the casing, that the grated potato or other vegetable is wiped off of the cylinder at each end thereof, the grated 15 vegetable entering and passing through theV casing, from top to bottom, traveling obliquely from the center of the cylinder towards @either end thereof between the teeth of the :serrated cylinder and at the bottom accumu- 29 lating and falling olf into an inclined delivery trough.

Another object of the invention is to provide an assembly of the kind stated in a relatively simple, cheap and durable forin of construction.

With the foregoing objects in view, attention Vis called to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation, partly in full and 3o partly in section, of my invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged sectional plan view of the cylinder;

Figure 3 is a frontal elevation of the assembly shown in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a detail of the arrangement and mounting of the teeth.

The invention comprises a conventional form of standard 1 provided with a clamping element 2 for securing the utensil to a table L20 (not shown), and carrying a stub shaft 3 suitably supported and journaled in a bearing l preferably formed or cast integrally with 'the standard 1. The usual operating crank 5 is mounted upon the outer end of the shaft 3. A cylindrical easing 6 is extended laterally from the upper end of the standard 1 and a toothed grating cylinder 7 having an inner end plate 8 is rigidly mounted at this plate upon the inner end of the shaft 3 *5U within the casing 6. The outer end of the casing 6 is preferably left open but'may be vclosed with a removable cover (not shown) if 'or casing 6. The casing 6 is cylindrical, Vis

open at the top side as shown at 10 for the insertionofthe vegetables and is formed with the inclined trough'll at the bottom sideV for the 'discharge of the grated vegetables. A suitable boi: 12 is mounted upon the open side of the casing for the initial reception of G5 the vegetables; and a follower block 13 is freely mounted t erein for use in forcing the vegetables down upon the grater cylinder. The grating cylinder 7 is provided with outstanding Vteeth or serratio'ns), which are 7i) punched outwardly from the strip of metal before the same is formed up into the cylin` der, and these teeth 9 are mounted in rows extending angularly from a line defined upon the outer surface of the cylinder by a plane 75 passed transverselythrough the center of the cylinder towards either end of the 'cylinder in such a vmanner that upon the rotation of the cylinder Z in the usual or clockwise direction, the teeth more centrally located in the severalrows will movein advance of those teeth located towards the ends of the rows and at the ends of the cylinder. This arrangement results in a V-shaped formation of the several rows of teeth as shown in Figa5 ures 1 and 2. i

, 1n addition to the angular arrangement of `the rteeth 9 `as stated, their extremities are also nicely adjusted towards the inner surface of the casing 6, whereby the said teeth U0 are caused to revolve as closely .as possible to the inner surface of the casing. Thus arranged ,and mounted, the vegetable (not shown) in the act of being grated, cannot enter the casing except between the teeth J5 of the grating cylinder 7 which means, of

course, that the vegetable is necessarily grated very finely and cleanly. No part of the vegetable can enter the casing riding upon the teeth, or between the extremities of lfl the teeth and the inner` wall of the casing. As the cylinder 7 revolves, the grated vegetable is pushed along diagonally between the rows of teeth from the center towards either end of the grating cylinder, and this cylinder being at the same time rotated, the result is that the grated vegetable is carried down to the lower side of the casing and accumulates there and falls into the trough 1l whence 10 it is pushed by its own accumulation out into any receptacle placed thereunder.V 'Ihe close adjustment of the teeth towards the wall of the casing obtains also at the lower side of the assembly, whereby the grated vegetable as it accumulates at the bottom, is scraped off into the trough ll and prevented from continuously rotating with the rotation of the cylinder. Y It is thought that the use and operation of the device will be fully understood from the foregoing description. This grater produces very finely and nicely ground products. While I have herein described a certain specific manner and method of constructing and assembling the elements of my in vention, it is understood that I may vary from the same in minor details, not departing from the spirit of my invention, so as best to construct a practical device for the purpose intended, as defined in the appended claim.

I claim: In a vegetable grater, a cylindrical casing, a greater cylinder rotatably mounted Y therein, the latter having a plurality of rows of cutting teeth outstanding upon its outer cylindrical surface and adapted to move closely to the inner surface of the casing without contacting therewith, the said rows of teeth extending angularly from a line defined upon the outer surface of the cylinder by a plane passed transversely through the center of the cylinder, towards either end of the cylinder, in V-shaped formations, so that upon the rotation of the cylinder in the required direction the teeth more centrally located in the several rows will move in advance of those teeth located towards the ends of the rows at the ends of the cylecinder, said teeth being channel shaped in form and so arranged and positioned on the drum and in the said rows that the channels of the teeth extend in the direction of theirl respective rows, whereby the grated vegetable is pushed along diagonally between the said rows of teeth from the center towards either end of the grating cylinder and oft' the grating cylinder.

In testimony whereof I aHiX my signature.

so Y LEONARD C. NOTBOIIM. 

